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The FLX console is a recent addition to the equipment inventory. The console was specified by Howden Park's technical co-ordinator Ian Gibson and theatre technician Stephen Oakes, who undertakes most of the show operation - and they are delighted.

Ian and Stephen first became aware of the FLX - launched at the 2015 Prolight+Sound, expo in Frankfurt - via a Zero 88 mailshot, which was followed up by a demo from Eaton's Paul McEwan.

The new console was delivered via Edinburgh based Zero 88 distributor Black Light, and is installed in the theatre at

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Sublime With Rome is a musical collaboration between bassist Eric Wilson formerly of the band Sublime, and singer / guitarist Rome Ramirez, presenting an eclectic mix of Sublime's distinctive ska punk and their own original material.

Four Cyclones are on the tour - supplied by Karate Pinky Visual Design together with other special effects and the control console - and they are positioned upstage at the base of the backdrop.

Scott was the person who originally thought of the Cyclone - a moving head integrating a ring of 24 high powered RGBW multichip LEDs and a fan as a tool to create some fabulous visual atmospheric effects. He took hi

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Straightpoint's wireless load shackle is supplied with an update rate of 3Hz and can be configured to run up to 200Hz. Data is transmitted wirelessly utilizing the latest in IEEE 802.15.4 (2.4 GHz) technology, providing transmission of both static weight and dynamic load to a wireless handheld controller or PC. The software allows for simultaneous control, display and real time data logging of up to 100 Straightpoint telemetry load cells.

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"Being able to provide great customer service everywhere in Europe is very important to us," says Norbert Stangl, CMO of the Laserworld Group. "Running our own sales and service office locally helps our Spanish and Portuguese distribution partners in improving their customer base and their services. With Daniel Patricio, Laserworld has acquired an experienced sales manager with a laser show background: He is already familiar with the products of the Laserworld Group from his own experience and thus can start over immediately."

The Laserworld Ibérica office is located in Basauri-Bizkaia and provides sales support as well as show laser light services. The local staff speak Spanish

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"We have set ourselves ten challenging goals for the decade ahead. Only by working together will we be able to solve our biggest issues. These goals set the pace for the live production industry and reflect our shared aspirations and needs," says SiPA's Craig Bennett.

SiPA has been created by the industry to provide a central hub for collaboration and culture change. Its initiative encompasses issues around equality, well-being, education and development, waste, procurement, renewable energy, transparent reporting of environmental and social impacts, fair pay and resilient industry economics. The SiPA goals create an aspirational, active and practical framework that is common to all. www.si

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i-Pix' Chris Ewington explains that he specifically sought an independent and specialist distribution company to represent the brand and support and promote i-Pix inventive and creative products and concepts. "I looked at many options and researched extensively before choosing to partner with ICD," says Chris. "I didn't want a large company with lots of brands on-board, I wanted a focussed and dedicated operation with individuals passionate about the industry that would give the Db1 the attention it deserves and share the zeal for invention that characterises i-Pix."

Chris a

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Featuring over 300 brands, with many showing new products and services, a major new initiative for this year sees PLASA Show adopting the successful 'Focus' model of a sector-specific, zoned layout, which will facilitate easier networking and make navigation around the show much easier than in previous years.

By the beginning of September, pre-registration data for PLASA Show 2015 was tracking at 10% up year on year over the past two shows, with 62% of those registered being either final decision makers or equipment specifiers. In addition visitors from 94 countries have pre-registered, against those from 74 countries who attended in 2014.

"When PLASA Show move

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"At our New York location we have an annual four-day event called our Camp Meeting," began Siu. "For the production design, we wanted something that was different from our regular services which have a more traditional look where we use a painted backdrop behind the speakers. Knowing that I wanted t

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The attendees have an option to attend either morning session starting at 9am or afternoon session starting at 3pm. The seminars are designed for professionals from the AV industry including individuals from installation companies, live sound rental firms and broadcast integrators, but also entry level individuals who are eager to learn from the pros. Those who are interested can register for the seminar via the distributor's website. The seminars are free of charge.

The topics to be discussed this year: Neutrik: Transferring

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The Garden Series laser effect lights are IP67 waterproof, which means that they are temporarily submersible and thus perfect for use in the garden, next to the pond, the pool or the Jacuzzi.

The aluminium housing makes the Garden Lasers very durable. The stake, which is included in delivery, is made of aluminium as well.

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Entec also supplied the floor lighting package for the Hyde Park gig, which saw the band entertain 60,000 people and delight them with extracts from their new alum The Magic Whip - the first complete studio work of the original line-up since 2003.

Entec has enjoyed a long working relationship with Blur dating back over 20 years, and lighting designer Dave Byars and FOH sound engineer Matt Butcher have also both been an integral part of the B

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When The Rocky Horror Show originally opened at the Royal Court Theatre more than 40 years ago, it was one of the first productions that WL worked on, with the company also supporting its subsequent transfer to the Kings Road Theatre. Over the years, WL has continued to work on several re-incarnations of the musical smash hit, which has also gone on to become an iconic film as well as be performed on Broadway, in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea.

The show's latest run was lit by lightin

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Such prestigious events demanded an expert team of riggers to provide the infrastructure for the ceremonies and as such, Nick Eltis, senior technical director for the Baku 2015 Ceremonies, chose Unusual Rigging to supply the full production rigging equipment and services.

Nick explained, "Having worked with Unusual Rigging in Sochi, I was

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The sound contractor for the main stage was Stockport-based Audile who deployed an Outline loudspeaker system comprising a nine-per-side design of Outline's new GTO C-12 compact line-source elements, with 16 DBS 18-2 subwoofer modules delivering the low-frequencies and six Mantas enclosures as front fills. The entire system was powered and controlled by just six Powersoft X8 amplifiers with onboard Outline-developed DSP. During the system build-up, Outlin

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Lighting was crafted by the RAH's lighting designer & systems manager, Richard Rhys Thomas, who used 16 of the BMFL Spots, 34 of the house Robe PARfect LED PARs together with 16 LEDBeam 100s and 32 Pointes which were hired in from TSL Lighting as part of a large rig.

Richard has worked at the RAH since 2005 and managed the lighting department since 2008. He lights many of the shows throughout the venue's busy year-round schedule and for this one, the design was based around the music, with the con

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When Royal Caribbean recently compared energy usage of the theatre show lighting system onboard Quantum and Anthem - both with large LED lighting systems that include Elation LED fixtures - with a similar yet incandescent-based lighting system on its Oasis-class Allure of the Seas, energy savings on the Quantum-class ships was 76%-84% greater, numbers that even surprised RCI.

"The power figures have been measured on Quantum and Anthem against the last incandescent and dimmer theatre show lighting rig on Allure and the results are - e

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"The purpose of installing an in-house PA system in the Apollo was to ensure that our visitors are given the highest possible quality audio reinforcement uniformly throughout the venue, make working in the venue safer and reduce the visual impact of the audio system," explains Alastair Parley, technical manager for the venue.

The first stage of the project was for the team to

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The outdoor festival, now in its 18th year, was headlined by German reggae superstar Gentleman, who performed with his band in front of a capacity crowd of 3,000 fans.

The Hamm-based events agency Matzka GmbH was tasked with looking after the festival's sound, and a comprehensive Cohedra rig was considered the optimum solution for the job at hand.

Matzka settled on a setup consisting of 24 Cohedra CDR 208 mid/high units (12 per side), 20 Cohedra CDR 210 subs, four Cohedra Compact CDR 210 C subs and four Cohedra Compact CDR 108 C mid/high units (used as nearfills), and the results were spectacular.

Achim Matzka, managing director of Matzka GmbH, said, "Reggae Summer Night 2015 was the 18th year this amazing f

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With the assistance of Morimoto Naniwa Sound Projects Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Verdi Viale supplied each studio with its own powerful sound playback and instructor reinforcement system. Each studio uses One Systems 108im loudspeakers powered by a four-channel Ashly nX4004 four-channel programmable output amplifier.

"The main purpose of the system is to allow for background music or for program music with instructor reinforcement," explained Masaki Morimoto, co-owner of Morimoto Naniwa Sound Projects,

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Ford was introduced to Mythos at a demo held at A.C.T Lighting where he felt he "found the answer" to his need for a fixture that combined Clay Paky "Sharpy effects with a hard-edged gobo fixture. Mythos does the job of two fixtures in one light: I get Sharpy effects when I want them and great gobo beam patterns, too. I'm a huge fan."

Ford also finds Mythos easy to use on-camera for television shows. "It's not a big ugly light; it's compact and good looking. I can stick Mythos on the floor in a background shot and it blends in well

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The floral theme continues at the pub that takes their name; located off Lavender Hill in a Victorian music hall that was previously the site of the original Jongleurs comedy club, the recently re-opened Four Thieves pub hosts highly accessible leftfield entertainment from stand-up comedians to live music and vintage DJs. And integral to that successful performance formula is a new sound sys

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Led by singer, Elisa Lindström, the highly visual five-piece started taking an interest in their own production after winning the Dansbandskampen reality competition on Swedish Television (SVT) back in 2010.

Ljudias Sound & Light general manager, Johan Gotthardsson, soon became involved, and the PR Lighting distributor helped them to build a touring inventory of cost-effective light and sound components which would be easy to set up - principally for the increasing demands of TV work.

The sale involved four XL 250 (PR-2225M) spots, one of most economic units, using a 250W short arc discharge lamp and super efficient optical system, as well as a pair of XL Beam 300 (PR-2330M) long throw colour beam moving heads.

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As a company focused solely on entertainment lighting, 4Wall Entertainment takes pride in maintaining a rental inventory that represents the latest technology and value for its clients. The Rogue R1 Wash allows the company to offer clients a high-output moving LED fixture that includes performance features not ordinarily found at its price point. For example, the fixture has a bubble lens design th

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Sublime with Rome is a musical collaboration between bass player Eric Wilson, formerly of the band Sublime, singer/guitarist Rome Ramirez and drummer Josh Freese. Their North American tour is their biggest headlining gig to date. They released their new album, Sirens,this summer.

Warner designed the band's tour two years ago when they carried only a floor package. "They wanted to step up their light show for this project," he says. "I was ready to start programming when I had to move over to another client, but thank goodness lighting director and programmer Aaron Craig was ava